Reel lifting means



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Patented Feb. 20, 1940 UNITED sTA Es REEL nm'rmo MEANS Robert 0. Pierce, Niles, Mich, assignor to National Standard Company, corporation of Michigan Niles, I Mich., 2.

Application September 29, 1938 Serial No. 232,267

"5 Claims.

more particularly to means for lifting wire reels or the like into position to be engaged by supporting shafts or the like. 1

One of the objects of the invention is to pro vide reel lifting means which is extremel simple yet which is capable of handling large heavy reels easily and quickly.

Another object of the invention is to provide reel lifting means which tends to lock itself in raised position. Thus once the lifting means is raised it will stay raised until it is released or intentionally lowered.

Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the accompanying drawing in which: I I

Figure 1 is a side elevation of reel lifting means embodying the invention; and

Figure 2 is a partial end elevation.

As shown, a reel I0, which may be the windup reel of a wiredrawing machine, is rotatably supported by a pair of opposed shafts l2 and I4 Suitable means, not shown, are provided to move the shafts axially into and out of supporting engagement with the reel and one of the shafts, as 12, is provided with suitable driving means for driving the reel. This mechanism preferably takes the form of that .more particularly described and claimed in my copending application Serial No. 232,268 September 29, 1938.

Between the pedestals [6 there is arranged a channel member l8 Wider than the reel and pivoted at one end by pins 20 fitting in suitable brackets 22 carried by the. floor or by a bottom plate 24. The other end of the member l8 normally rests on the floor and is formed with upwardly extending armsor brackets 26.

The arms 26 serve to carry means for raising the other end of the channel member l8. As shown, such means comprises a cross shaft 28 journaled in the, arms 26 and carrying at its ends a pair of arms 30 forked at their lower ends and rotatably supporting rollers 32. One of the arms 30 is preferably formed as a bell crank lever having a second arm 34 extending toward the front of the machine where it terminates in a foot pedal 36. The rollers 32 are engageable with cam tracks 38 mounted on the floor or the plate 24 and terminating at their tops in arcuate depressions 4!] to hold the rollers in elevated posi tion.

Thisjinvention relates toreel lifting means and l8, and thereel may be rolled up this member into a position to be engaged by the supporting shafts l2 and M. In some cases it may be desired to roll the reel onto themember H3 and then depressthe pedal to raise the, reel. After the shafts have been moved into position the pedal may be raised to lower the member l8 and leave the reel suspended on the shafts.

In removing a full reel, the pedal is again de- Dressed to raise the channel member and lift made therein and it is'not intended to, limit the scope of the invention to the exact form shown nor otherwise than by the terms of the appended claims. This application is a continuation in part of my copending application, Serial No.

68,856, filed March 14, 1936. I

What is claimed is:

1. In a reel mounting having a reel-supporting shaft, means for lifting a reel into a position coaxial with said shaft comprising a platform pivoted on horizontal pivots atone end and hav ing ahorizontal cross shaft journalled in its other end, downwardly projecting levers on said cross shaft provided with cam rollers, inclined surface cam members up which said rollers will roll when said shaft is rotated, and means for rotating said shaft, said cam members having arcuate portions adapted to hold said rollers in elevated, position. 1

2. In a reel mounting having reelsupporting means, means for lifting a reel into positionto be engaged by said supporting means comprising a platform pivotally supported adjacent one end, a lever pivoted on the other endof the platform, a roller carried by the. free end of said lever, means for rocking the lever, and track means carried by a relatively fixed part and engageable with said track roller to raise said otherend of the plat form when the lever is rocked about its pivot.

3. In a reel mounting having reel supporting means, means for lifting areel into position to be engaged by said supporting means comprising a platform pivotally supported adjacent one end, a lever pivoted on the other end of the platform, a roller carried by the free end of said lever, means for rocking the lever, and track means carried by a relatively fixed part and engageable with said roller to raise said other end of the platform when the lever is rocked about its pivot, said roller and said track means being so constructed and arranged that when said other end of the platform has been raised they tend to hold it raised. l

4. In a reel mounting having reel supporting means, means for lifting a reel into position to be engaged bylsaid supporting means comprising a platform pivotally supported adjacent one end, a lever pivoted on, the other end of the platform, means carried by a relatively fixed part and cooperating with said lever toraise said other end of the platform henthe lever is rocked about its'pivot, and an elongated arm movable about a horizontal pivotand connected to rook said v the lever in its rocked position with the platfo f raised.

lever, said arm having a pedal portion at its free end movable substantially vertically to rock the lever.

5. In a reel mounting having reel supporting means, mans for lifting a reel into position to be engaged by'said supporting means comprising a platform pivotally supported adjacent one end,

cam and lever means carried respectively by the other end of said platform and by a relatively fixed part, and means to rock the lever thereby to cam said other end of the platform upwardly, said cam including a portion tending to hold ROBERTO. PIERCE. 

